centesimal adjective & noun. [sɛn'tɛsɪm(ǝ)l] L17.
[from Latin centesimus hundredth, from centum a hundred: see -AL¹.]
A. adjective.
1. Hundredfold. Only in L17.

2. Reckoning or reckoned by hundredths. E19.
b. noun. A hundredth part. Now rare or obsolete. L17.

■ centesimally adverb E18.

■ centesimate verb trans. select every hundredth person in (a group) for punishment M18.

■ centesi'mation noun execution etc. of every hundredth person M17.

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